LETTER TO DICK FROM (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: November 25, 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
STATINTL FROM
STATINTL
Acting Director of Personnel
THROUGH Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT : Recruiter's Indiscretion at the
University of Minnesota
1. Last week you phoned Professor Richarj'H. Skaggs,
Chairman, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota,
and apologized him for the inexcusable c duct of our
recruiter, Mr. You asked hat your apology
also be conveyed to Professor John F. Ha t of the same
Department. A few days earlier, you h signed a letter
of apology to each professor. It was ur intent. that after
your calls, the letters would be han carried. to Professors
Skaggs and Hart by the Chief of our Recruitment Division,
STATINTL who would prepare a damage assess nt re ort upon his return.
We would then determine whether ffectiveness had
been damaged to the extent that he University of Minnesota
should be transferred to anoth r recruiter. Earlier, the
STATINTL Director of Personnel had sen a letter of apology to each
professor, as had
received a letter from Pr
Professor gave Mr.
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Lessor Skaggs. In that letter the
the name of yet another graduating
who had expressed an interest in CIA.
fated that he accepted our apology and
ing to cooperate fully and personally
as indeed a most welcomed letter.
3. In light the written and oral apologies already
made, and Profess fSkaggs' offer of"continuing cooperation
eel that either sending or handcarrying your
gy now would constitute an "overkill."
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If you approve, the letters will be destroyed and Mr. -
will be allowed to continue his recruiting activities at the
University of Minnesota. His schedule calls for interviews
with engineering students in Minneapolis on 6 and 7 December.
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Professor Skaggs
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A. Professor Richard Skaggs, Chairman, Geography Department,
University of Minnesota.
B. Professor John F. Hart, Department of Geography, University
of Minnesota.
STATINTL C.
STATINTL In mid-October,-made his first visit to the UniversftTyATINTL
of Minnesota -- contacted Skaggs -- asked for a list of a
graduating graduate students in Skaggs' department, which
would then use to make a direct approach to each.
Skaggs declined to release names and addresses of students
without their permission -- would violate his policy, which
is in line with State law (and, of course, Privacy Act).
Skaggs did agree to notify graduatin students of CIA employment
STATINTL opportunities and then forward to names and addresses of
those who had indicated personal interest.
STATINTL assumed Skaggs was being non-cooperative -- sought out
STATINTL Hart, Hart is
STATINTL asked Hart for same list -- did not mention previous
discussion with Skaggs.
Hart did not know of Skaggs' policy and gave list to
who sent contact letter to each student on the list.
STATINTL
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STATINTL On 2 November Skaggs wrote a letter to - giving him a STATINTL
list of six graduate students who were interested in discussin
employment with CIA. Second part of letter chastised
for getting list elsewhere and writing to students who *a not
expressed an interest in CIA.
On 5 November Hart also wrote to - accusing him of STATINTL
duplicity and being made to look a fool in the eyes of his
boss, Skaggs. Hart furious at STATINTL
Fred Janney has sent letters of apology to Skaggs and Hart.
We have prepared letters of apology for to send to STATINTL
Skaggs and Hart.
Director has signed letters of apology to Skaggs and Hart,
which will be handcarried by the Chief, Recruitment Division.
For Skaggs
Incident is one of grave concern to the Agency.
Agency does not condone this gross circumvention of a
Department Head's policy.
STATINTL Apologize for
STATINTL
ethics and extreme bad judgment.
is being officially reprimanded.
Appreciate Skaggs' good faith in sending names he had promised.
-- unfortunate that good faith of our recruiter not commensurate.
University of Minnesota a fine source for Agency -- candidates
of highest caliber -- hope this incident will not adversely
affect future Agency/University relationship.
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incident of grave concern.
Action by put you in grossly untenable position.
Insensitivity, precipitance, and poor judgment violate the
standards of conduct we demand and are accustomed to from
our recruiters.
is being officially reprimanded.
SIATINTL Hope action will not permanently alienate.
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of attached to DDCI, this date,
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM F. W. M. Janney
Director of Personnel
SUBJECT Recruiter's Indiscretion at the University
of Minnesota
1. Attached at Tabs A and B are copies of letters
forwarded to your office by Professor Richard 14. Skaggs,
STATINTL Chairman, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota,
and by Professor John F. Hart of the same Department. These
letters were addressed to Mr.
STATINTL
also is responsible for.
letters complain. STATINTL
in very emphatic terms about Mr. - conduct, in seeking-'
out prospects for Agency employment from among graduate
geography students of the University. The incident certainly
is one of grave concern to this office, and I have already
forwarded to each professor my personal letter of apology.
Copies are attached for your review at Tab C.
2. As I indicated to Professor Skaggs, the matter has
been investigated and I have concluded that Mr. STATINTL
should be officially reprimanded for his actions. A copy
of my letter of reprimand is attached at Tab D.
3. To recap the incident, Mr. -telephoned STATINTL
Chief, Recruitment Division late in the afternoon. of
4 November to report. that he had received Professor Skaggs'
letter which chastised him for circumvention of the Professor's
oli.c concerning recruitment approaches to his students.
STATINTL reported orally and in writing that he had. visited
the . niversity in mid-October and made his first. approach
to the Department of Geography. He had not previously met
members of that faculty and chose to call upon Chairman
Skaggs to introduce himself and to request permission to
approach students of the graduate school, one of the better
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graduate schools of geography in the county . Chairman SkagSTATINTL
was opposed to a direct approach by Mr. a lined
providing him a list of all those graduating. admi.tsSTATINTL
as Chairman Skaggs has pointed out in his letter, that the
latter advised him that release of the addresses of students
without their permission would violate his policy which is
in line with State law (and, of course, the Privacy Act).
Professor Skaggs did consent to notify his students of. CIA
interest in discussing employment with them and to forward
to the names and addresses of those who indicated
interest. Mr. has stated frankly that he sensed the
Chairman did no c oose to be cooperative and that nothing
would come of the gesture. Subsequently, it has been demon
strated that this assumption resulted from a misdirected
judgment of Skaggs' good faith.
4. Dissatisfied with the outcome of his discussion
with Chairman Skaggs, Mr. proceeded to contact Professor
John F. Hart, who teaches un er the di
reference to Chairman Skaggs' discussion of Department policy,
told Professor Hart that he was interested in obtaining
a list of graduate students who would be available for employ-
ment in the Summer of 1977. ~is emphatic that Profess~fATINTL
Hart voluntarily provided this list to him; but, even at thi
point, did not tell Professor Hart that the Chairman
had advised t at such action is against Department policy.
In his letter to Mr. Professor Hart has indicated
that he was not aware of this policy and, quite understandably,
he takes umbrage at for not telling him that the Chairman
had earlier denied promulgation of the listing. There is no
question that failure to do so constituted a serious
breach of ethics w ich may well alienate Professor Hart to
the Agency in general
5.. Upon returning to his
addressed standard contact letters t It e iste. students.
These were brought to the attention of Chairman Skaggs.
Skaggs' reaction to circumvention is indeed justi-
fied and certainly it is not difficult to imagine his
chastisement of Professor Hart.
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6. As distressed as he was, Chairman Skaggs nonetheless
furnished the recruiter with a list of six graduate students
who indicated interest in discussing Agency employment. While
STATINTL Mr. -infers in his memo that this is a small number, it
does represent nearly 12 percent of the class, which is an
acceptable return from any recruitment source. The penultimate
STATINTL paragraph of memo further attests to a continuing,
perhaps stubborn, allure to judge properly and accept the
good faith of Chairman Skaggs. I feel his statement that STATINTL
"maybe Professor Skaggs is simply opposed to the Agency" is
an ill-conceived rationalization. A copy of Mr.
memo is attached at Tab E. He now is in _ but as been STATINTL
directed to prepare his personal letters of apology to both STATINTL
professors immediately next week.
He is to telephone the texts of these letters to Headquarters
for review and approval before putting them, in the mail.
7. We are currently discussing the possibilit of
STATINTL sendin the Chief of our Recruitment Division, Mr. STATINTL
to the University to gauge the extent of damage
wi ? e Placement Director, and while there he would also
meet with Chairman Skaggs and Professor Hart. Possibly he
could handcarry the Director's letters of apology, should
the DCI agree to sign them.
STATINTL 8. If after discussion with the Placement Director,
it should ap ear that Mr.- is in effect "persona non
STATINTL grata," Mr. will so communicate with the Director of
Personnel and we would then transfer the coverage of the
STATINTL Universit of Minnesota to TATINTL
could, of course, use this information
with both Skaggs and Hart as a further attempt to mollify them.
9. Attached at Tabs F and G are suggested letters'of
apology for you to address to the aggrieved professors.
STATINTL have been apprised of the fore
F. W. M. Janney
STATINTL
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TWIN CITIES
2 November 1976
STATINTL
Now to a more serious matter. I understand that several of our graduate
students have received letters from you indicating that their name has been
referred to us with the notation that you might be interested in a position
with this federal organization." I consider that mailing to be a serious
breach of faith. We had agreed that some of our graduate students might well
be interested and that they should be given the opportunity of responding.
I pointed out to you, however, that release of the addresses of students
without permission is against my policy (guided by state law) as Chairman of
the Department. The policy applies to all requests. I do not understand
why you found it necessary to circumvent our agreement. I acted in good
faith and have secured for you the names and addresses of several excellent
people who are interested. Your action has cast doubt on the veracity of
the CIA and some of its employees.
Department of Geography
414 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Srely,
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Chairman
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Professor J. F. Hart
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Your duplicity has made me intensely angry. do not
appreciate
being made to look like a fool , Sir, and you have made me look like.
one. Your behavior has cast yet another shadow upon the CFA, and it
has endangered the friendship of one who has been a strong supporter.
of the Agency.
I did not realize, when I gave you a lisp
f th
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addresses of graduate students in this department, that our Chairman
had already informed you that it is against departmental policy to
release such lists. I am startled and angered by your insensitivity
in having failed to give me thi
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Certainly I should have been aware ofd t
this area, but I was not, and I am furious atpyoumforahavngctaken
advantage of my ignorance.
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Dr. Richard H. Skaggs
Chairman, Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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I am just now aware of the contents of your lette
of 2 November to Mr.
In my opinion, Mr. - at a minimum exercised poor STATINTL
judgment and I sincerely apologize for his ethics in this
matter. I wish to assure you that we were not a party to
nor do we support his circumvention of your good offices.
The incident will be promptly and thoroughly investigated.
We are most appreciative of your cooperation in
furnishing the names of students who have expressed
interest in employment with this Agency. Certainly,
I would hope that what has transpired will not affect
the excellent relationship we have enjoyed with the
University of Minnesota in the past and that we can
look forward to your continued help in future years.
Sincerely,
STATINTL
V . 4 . acne
Director of, Pers`Onnel
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Professor J. F. Hart
Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, innesota 55455
Dear Professor Hart:
.1 have just finished readin
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9 November 1976
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and untenable position. I can neither excuse nor condone
S1iATINTL Mr. deportment; suffice it to say,. the Central
Intelligence Agency deeply regrets what has transpired
and we offer our profe>r.d apology.
'I indicated to Dr. Skaggs that the incident in question
would be promptly and thoroughly investigated. This we
SIATINTL have done. We conclude that Mr. conduct, without
question, is contrary to the policies of this Agency; under
S TINTL no circumstances can it be justified. Mr. is. to be
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that none of our recruiters will be a party to such duplicity
in the future.
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being of assistance to us. a are hopeful that one day
we cat~ reiiraz~r- onfidonce in our representatives and
the piescribea2standards under which they are expected to
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Director of Personnel
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Lead/Sources, Geography Dept., University of Minnesota
DATE: 5 November 1976
graphy;.a standard Agency referral letter. (See attachments).
As per our telephone conversation of 4 November ' 1976, T am send--
ing you a copy of the letter from Professor Richard Skaggs, Chairman,,'
Geography Department, University of Minnesota. It is clear from his.
letter that he is providing me 6 names of graduate ? tudents in Georanh_v
.out.of a total of 51.. (See attachments).
First off, it must be stated that this Recruiter is -dust beginning
.to develop Lead/Sources at the University of Minneaota, His Last visit
in October represented his first visit to the Geography Department. As
he usually starts with the Chairman of the Department. However, some
Chairmen are either too busy or-uncooperative to provide the Recruiter
with much assistance. In many cases, therefore, the Recruiter must turn
to the Department Secretary or the Graduate Advisor. If these particular
,contacts are unfruitful, he can turn to other faculty members in the Depart-
went. This somewhat explains the standard operational procedure. When
we develop an excellent Lead/Source who will provide us with graduate student
referrals, we usually continue to deal with such a Lead/Source whether it
be the Chairman, the Department Secretary, the Graduate Advisor, or simply
a member of the faculty.
During my visit to the University of Minnesota in October 1976,
T contacted Professor Richard Ska.pgs, Chairman of the Geography Department.,
Professor Skaggs went to great lent the to explain to rae why it would be
difficult for him to give me a list of grade ,te students, and that he would
prefer to contact each student and get their permission for their names to
be-submitted to CIA for employment purposes. In all honesty, this Recruiter
thought that Professor Skaggs was being less than cooperative. Expecting
little assistance, if any, from the Chairman of the Department, this Re-
cruiter contacted Professor John F. Hart. STATINTL
Professor Hart has known several of our geographers in the Agency, parti-
culaxly Mr. In conversation with Professor Hart, I told him I
STATI NTL
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was interested in getting a list of the graduate students who would be
available for employment in June or August 1977. He volunteered to give
me a list of names and addresses of some 51 graduate students. (See
list attached). Certainly I was pleased to receive this rather'extensive
graduate student list. Subsequently on 29 October 1916, we sent referral
.letters to all 51 students, giving them an opportunity to respond favorably
if they were interested. In this context, a reading of Professor Skaggs'
letter becomes clear and meaningful. Apparently he did follow through,
at least to some extent, on his pledge to check with the graduate students
and thus sent me the names of six. The form letter, which he quotes, is
the standard referral letter used by Recruiters. (See copy attached).
Certainly, in this Recruiter's ' opinion, all 51. of these graduate students
should receive the opportunity for employment with the Agency rather than
only 6.
This Recruiter has been developing Lead/sources on numerous cam-
puses and in various Departments for the past -Len years and this :to. the
first time that a Chairman has responded so unfavorably to our Recruit-
ment activities. Maybe Professor. Skaggs is simply opposed to the Agency.
The above information will serve to clarify the circumstances
surrounding Professor Skaggs' letter.
JOH/rg
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20505
Professor Richard H. Skaggs
Chairman, Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Dear Professor Skaggs:
STATINTL
Your letter of 2 November to Mr. 0- 1 STATINTL
has been brought
to my attention. I assure you I am deeply distressed by
his serious breach of ethics, an action which this Agency
cannot condone and will not tolerate.
As our Director of Personnel indicated in his
5 November letter to you, Mr. conduct of business STATINTL
with your Department has been investigated. We recognize
his failure to abide by your stated policy and understand
clearly that he did consciously circumvent your authority.
He will receive an official reprimand for disregarding the
strict standards which always have governed our recruitment
activities.
I am most a reciative indeed of the assistance you
extended to Mr. and regret that his actions did not
reflect the same fine spirit of cooperation. I apologize
sincerely for what has transpired and hope that our rela-
tionship with the University of Minnesota may prosper in
the future.
Sincerely,
George Bush
Director
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Professor John F. Hart
Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Dear Professor Hart:
Please accept my personal apology for the conduct of
our recruitment representative, Mr. which
prompted your letter to him dated 5 November.
In my relatively short tenure as Director of Central
Intelligence, I have become consciously aware of the
excellent and valued relationships which long have existed
between our recruiters and their university sources through-
out the country. I am most distressed that our bond with
the University of Minnesota and with you has been compromised.
As our Director of Personnel emphasized in his response to
you, the Agency can neither excuse nor condone the actions
of. Mr. - His breach of ethics is a matter of grave
concern to us and appropriate administrative action will
be taken in his case.
I do appreciate the friendship and support which you
expressed in your letter, and I deeply regret the personal
embarrassment you have suffered as a consequence of
Mr. insensitivity.
Sincerely,
George Bush
Director
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Your duplicity has made me intensely angry. I do not appreciate
being made to look like a fool, sir, and you have made me look like
one. Your behavior has cast yet another shadow upon the CIA, and it
has endangered the friendship of one who has been a strong supporter
of the Agency.
I did not realize, when I gave you a list of the names and
addresses of graduate students in this department, that our Chairman
had already informed you that it is against departmental policy to
release such lists. I am startled and angered by your insensitivity
in having failed to give me this information.
Certainly I should have been aware of departmental policy in
this area, but I was not, and I am furious at you for having taken
advantage of my ignorance.
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